Planning Board Minutes
Meeting date:
Thursday, January 24, 2019
2019-01-24
Town Of Monterey, MA
Planning Board
Meeting Agenda
DATE: Thursday January 24, 2019
TIME: 7:06 PM
LOCATION: Monterey Town Hall
Open Meeting at : 7:00 pm
Attendance
Board Members
Tom Sawyer
Stephen Enoch
Larry Klein
Scott Jenssen
Nancy Marcus
Roger Tryon
Public
Carol Edelman
Mathew Dovel BRPC
Lauren Garrety BRPC
Scheduled Agenda Items
- Green Communities Discussions
- Matt is taking over the Green Communities program from Lauren
- Town would need to pass a bylaw that would be a by right to allow an industrial size solar project of 1-1.5 acres. Viability of the site would have to be signed off by Town Council.
- Could be on town property to control the growth
- Stephen requested if there were other towns bylaws that did not limit to town owned property
- Becoming a Green Community can allow for State Moneys to do energy related projects. (130K forst time, more can be applied for) Primarily for Municipal Use
- Planning Boards part is to adopt a by right area for large scale solar.
- Town is not required to match grants
- Unused funds stay available
- Marijuana Bylaw Discussions/second Public Hearing
- Schedule Public Hearing for Wed Feb 13th at 7:00 pm voted and approved
- Notice to the paper will need to be in before the 30th
- Tom will post newspaper article and Have melissa put in weekly Blurb
- Send a copy to Carol
- Note: After Public Hearing send verbiage to the town council
Reports from Board Members
Put Hume on the agenda for the next meeting
- Carol explained agenda items
Read Mail/email
Opened Mail
DEP Letter
Financial Statement
Review Agenda Items for the Next Meeting
Hume
Public Hearing
Adjourn